Bodge job? Exterior wall urgent advise needed.

[stralan]

Hi all, not sure if this is the correct place for this as I am new to the forum.

Desperately need some urgent advise.
We were having a new electric meter and consumer box fitted in our holiday home in Hungary. Employed an EON (Hungarian electricity supplier) registered Master Electrician, as required, to do the work.
Electrician gave us no notification that he would be commencing work yesterday and arrived whilst we were visiting our son in hospital! On returning from the hospital we were greeted by a scene straight out of builders from hell. There was rubble and dust everywhere, a gaping hole in the exterior wall and damage on the interior. I have added photos below. My concerns are that this is a load bearing exterior wall and no lintel or indeed any for of support has been added to the wall. My questions are, are we right to be concerned and should there be support added or, as we know the electrician will advise, will filling with concrete and rendering suffice?
The interior photos are the other side of where the pole has been fitted, as you can see, a brick has been dislodged and daylight is showing through.
Hope someone can advise.

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[JayJay1978]

It appears he's nearly cracked your house open like a boiled egg, have you spoken to him yet, is he coming back to make good?

 

[stralan]

Hi, no I've not calmed down enough to speak to him since I saw the damage! He is supposed to be coming back on Wednesday to finish the wiring of the meter but as far as he is concerned this is the final finish on the building.
He employed the "builder" for one day and he will not be returning.
If pressed, I believe he would fill it with something and render it but, though I have limited knowledge, I don't think think this would suffice.
Is the repair more serious than filling? Daft question I suppose.

 

[plugwash]

Just how deep are those chases and more importantly can you tell how far they have cut into actual strutural material (rather than just render) what are the walls built of?

That kind of workmanship would never be considered acceptable for installing service cables over here but I don't know what things are like in hungary.

 

[stralan]

At the top where the metal pole is fitted into the wall, the chase is about 10" deep, it actually goes right through to the interior wall at several points. It then varies from 4-6" deep.
The wall is double skin brick then render. There is a wooden ring beam, the pole has been fixed to this though thankfully he hasn't cut through the ring beam.

Where the meter box has been fitted, all render and one skin of brick has been removed, he has done similar a few feet away for the consumer unit.

does anyone know how this should be repaired? Thanks

 

[stralan]

The conduit, which is far too big for the job, is plastic. Is that normal?

 

[plugwash]

If this was the UK I would be telling you to contact both a structural engineer and a lawyer but I don't know what the accepted standards are in Bulgaria and whether this is normal practice over here.

 

[stralan]

Hi, thanks for the reply. We aren't in Bulgaria but in Hungary. As such, I believe their codes are more inline with Western Europe, they were apparently tightened in 1992. Regardless, I couldn't envisage any European country allowing plastic conduit to be used!

Do you think this can be repaired easily or is it going to be more complicated?
Thanks